The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-06

Since the death OF Gen. Logan
much has been written about his
life and services. One would think
by reading some of our southern
papers that we had lost great
friend, when the most bitter and
vindictive man IN the north has
gone to join the silent majority.
This way of cursing man while
living and praising him after death
is not manly and truthful. Logan
was brave-so were tens of thous-
ands of men IN both armies. He
was honest-so are many "village
Hampdens" that will never be heard
of. AS said before, Logan was bit
ter, vindictive, unrelenting, never
seeing merit in his adversary. He
had none of Grants manliness nor
Lincoln's philanthropy. The
grooves in which his mind and
heart ran were narrow and selfish
Among all of his utterances none
can be found that does the south
ern soldier justice. ! read an arti-
Gle in the World giving history of
his military exploits, claiming him
to be q military great man, citing
in evidence the battle of Raymond,
fought in May, 1868. His biogra-
phor mentions this as one of his
great battles in which he showed
consummate strategy. The facts
are, the battle of Raymond was
fought by one small brigade
(Grigg's) of confederates, while
Logan had his own and a part, il
not all, of Hovey's division. Grigg
broke his lines and drove his troops
from their position and would have
won the victory had he not been
fighting such immense odds. Gen.
Logan was a brave officer and COM
manded splendid troops, but to
make him a great general is irnpos-
ing too much upon American in
telIigence. He was a TRASHY lieu
tenant of the great American land
pirate, W. T. Sherman, and did his
superior's will with alacrity. There
are too many men living who wit
messed the brutality Of Sherman to
let all the fulsome stuff that is be.
ing said by the American press go
unchallenged. There are men liv-
ing in Giles county that witnessed
the total devastation in Georgia
and South Carolina and who cannot
forget that Sherman ordered it, and
his orders were faithfully obeyed.
We witnessed the. pillar of fire BY
night and the pillar Of smoke by
day that was licking up the homes
and the spstensnce of those heroic
people. We are willing to forget
this and be brothers with our late
adversaries, we are willing with all
our power to stand by this govern
ment and protect it from whom
soever may assail, but in the name
of all that is manly, right and no
BILE, let US not forget our heroic
dead and brand them as traitors
and their slayers as heroes and pa
triots. No hon orable Union sol
dier would demand it, but would
dishonor US for such a spirit. The
writer of this tenofs the gallant
federal soldier, giving him all the
praise that courage and loye of
country demands, but when he pro-
nopnces the 100000 brave and no
BILE men who bore arms for the
south traitors, he utters that which
is false on earth and will be
branded false in eternity. The
George ". Cables and men of his
ilk have forgotten the home of their
birth and joined the other side,
leaving vacancy that SIS not to
be regretted. Ali such recreants
Living shall forfeit fair renown
And doubly dying shall &C down
To the vile dust from whence they sprung,
Unwept, unhonored and unsung."
What we need in the south is not
trucking sycophancy and maud
lin hero-worships, but a healthy
manhood, honest and true, free from
Vindictiveness or selfshness, giving
to others all the honors due them
and demanding the same for our
selves. While we lament the death
of Logan, let Us not forget that he
it was who, long after the war was
over, never lost an opportunity to
traduce US, seeking to lower US in
the estimation of the civilized
world. But long after Logan is
forgotten the names of Lee and
Grant will yet be bright 10 the
worlds history, being the two grand
characters of the war of the states.
Let US cherish their memories, learn
to forgive, but never to forget, that
we owe 1t to ourselves to defend the
reputation of our dead, letting the
living take care of themselves, and
that if we coald we would write in
letters of indellible fire across the
face of heaven that the armies of
the south were not traitors, but as
true and noble q band of men as
eyer answered bugle call. NJ.